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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
May. 07, 2002
Stuart S. Sullivan, Peru, IN (US);
Phillip E. Kaltenbacher, Ii, Kokomo, IN (US);
James F. Patterson, Greentown, IN (US);
Morgan D. Murphy, Kokomo, IN (US);
Stuart S. Sullivan, Peru, IN (US);
Phillip E. Kaltenbacher, II, Kokomo, IN (US);
James F. Patterson, Greentown, IN (US);
Morgan D. Murphy, Kokomo, IN (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat restraint buckle and tension sensing assembly for a seat restraint system in a vehicle includes a buckle assembly having a housing for receiving a portion of a latch plate of the seat restraint system. The buckle assembly senses latching of the latch plate. The seat restraint buckle and tension sensing assembly also includes a tension sensing assembly disposed in the housing and cooperating with belt webbing of the seat restraint system for sensing a tension level in the seat restraint system.